Kansas Extended Care Permit III Providers: A descriptive study.

Forty-two states to date have passed legislation to expanded the role of dental hygienists for improved access to basic oral health services for underserved populations. Recent legislative changes in the state of Kansas have created the Extended Care Permit (ECP) I, II, and III designations. The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of registered dental hygienists in Kansas holding ECP III certificates.

Cultural Competency in Dental Hygiene Curricula.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which U.S. dental hygiene programs are incorporating cultural competency education into the dental hygiene curriculum and to identify associated program characteristics.

Extending oral health care services to underserved children through a school-based collaboration: Part 3--A cost analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript was to conduct a cost analysis of the Miles of Smiles Program, a collaboration between the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry and the Olathe School District in Kansas. This preventive program was implemented to improve the access to oral health care for low income children within the school district.

Methods: An inventory list and de-identified patient records were used to determine the costs associated with operating the program to serve 339 elementary school students during the 2008 to 2009 school term.

Factors associated with clinical skill remediation in dental hygiene education programs.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges related to formal clinical remediation in dental hygiene programs, which include timing of student identification, policy development, and the issues of methodology and scheduling.

Methods: A 23 item investigator-designed survey was electronically distributed to all 303 U.S.

Extending oral health care services to underserved children through a school-based collaboration: Part 3--a cost analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript was to conduct a cost analysis of the Miles of Smiles Program, a collaboration between the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry and the Olathe School District in Kansas. This preventive program was implemented to improve the access to oral health care for low income children within the school district.

Methods: An inventory list and de-identified patient records were used to determine the costs associated with operating the program to serve 339 elementary school students during the 2008 to 2009 school term.

Comparison of probes for microbial contamination following use in periodontal pockets of various depths.

Background: It has been speculated that periodontal probes can transmit periodontal pathogens from site to site. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential for bacterial transmission as a function of periodontal probe design.

Methods: Four different periodontal probes were used to measure probing depths ranging from 0 to 3 mm and > or = 4 mm.

A TEM/SEM study of the microbial plaque overlying the necrotic gingival papillae of HIV-seropositive, necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis.

The purpose of this study was to examine by transmission (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the supragingival microbial plaque overlying the ulcerated gingival papillae of necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis (NUP) lesions in HIV-seropositive patients. The microbiota of NUP and HIV-seropositive patients with periodontitis has been reported to be similar to that of conventional periodontitis in non-infected subjects, although several investigators have also reported high recovery rates of microbes not generally associated with the indigenous oral microbial flora. Light and electron microscopic observations and microbial culture studies indicate a similar high prevalence of spirochetes in both necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG) and NUP.

Ethnic and racial minority students in U.S. entry-level dental hygiene programs: a national survey.

Purpose: The United States is rapidly becoming a more multicultural society. Although minority groups are the fastest growing segment of the U.S.